HelpAge India is a leading charitable organization working with and for older people in India for more than 40 years. It runs Agecare, healthcare and livelihood programs and provides senior care services throughout the country & advocates strongly for the cause of elders and fights for their rights. It aims to serve elder needs in a holistic manner, enabling them to live active, dignified and healthier lives.
It provides elders relief through various interventions such as – it runs one of the largest mobile healthcare programs through its Mobile Healthcare Units spanning the country providing free healthcare services to destitute elders and serves care for old people, it helps elders become self-reliant and independent through the formation of Elder-Self-Help Groups providing them livelihood opportunities and links them with Government schemes, conducts cataract surgeries to restore their sight, looks after their basic needs through its Support-a-Gran program, runs Elder Helplines across the country, empowers elders through its Digital literacy program, provides relief & rehabilitation for elders post disasters and provides active ageing opportunities and ensure caring for elderly. It works hand-in-hand with Senior Citizens Associations understanding elder needs working with and for them.
Currently, there are an estimated 138 million elderly in India. 90% belong to the unorganized sector. Majority have to work in order to survive. HelpAge advocates for their needs such as for Universal pension, quality healthcare, action against Elder Abuse and much more at a national, state and societal level with Central and State governments. It advocates for elder friendly policies and their implementation thereof.
Eye Care 
Physiocare 
Cancer Treatment 
Support a Gran 
Mobile Healthcare 
Home For The Aged 
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011-42030432, 011-41688955-56HelpAge India is a secular, not-for-profit organization in India, registered under the Societies’ Registration Act of 1860. Set up in 1978, the organization works for ‘the cause and care of disadvantaged older persons to improve their quality of life’ HelpAge envisions a society where elderly have the right to an active, healthy and dignified life. It recently became the first and only Indian organization to be honoured with the ‘UN Population Award 2020’ for its exemplary work in the field of ageing, relief efforts work during the Covid 19 pandemic and recognition of the organization’s outstanding contribution to population issues and efforts in the realization of older persons rights in India.
Currently there are a projected 138 million elderly in India. HelpAge India voices their concerns, so they can lead secure & dignified lives. It works through 26 State Offices across India, runs numerous programs on-ground, addressing elder needs and advocating for their rights, such as their right to Universal Pension, quality Healthcare, action against Elder Abuse and many more at a national, state and societal level with Central and State governments. It advocates for elder friendly policies and their implementation thereof.
The organization’s programs are focused on direct interventions in the areas of
Healthcare
(mobile healthcare units, cataract surgeries),
Agecare
(helplines, senior citizen care homes and day care centres, physiotherapy),
Livelihoods
(elder-self-help groups; linkages with government schemes),
Disaster Response
(e.g. covid19 relief response), as well as
Advocacy and
Awareness
on rights and policies relating to elders.
sanjay.kumar@helpageindia.org